Test identification
| Name of test | York Assessment of Reading for Comprehenion: Primary |
| Version | YARC, YARC early years set, YARC primary set, YARC secondary set |
| Previous version(s) | YARC, YARC early years set, YARC primary set, YARC secondary set |
| Subjects | Literacy |
| Summary | A suite of one-to-one, diagnostic reading assessments that enables you to assess your pupils’ reading and comprehension skills from an early age through to the end of secondary school. This Passage Reading Primary Version measures reading accuracy, reading rate and reading comprehension. It also includes a Single Word Reading test for benchmarking. |
Assessment screening
| Authors | Snowling, M., Stothard, S., Clarke, P., Crane-Bowyer, C., Harrington, A., Truelove, E., & Nation, K. |
| Publisher | GL Assessment |
| Test source | https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/products/york-assessment-of-reading-for-comprehension-yarc/ |
| Guidelines available? | Yes |
| Norm-referenced scores. | Yes |
| Age range | 5–11;11 years |
| Key Stage(s) applicable to | KS1, KS2 |
| UK standardisation sample | Yes |
| Publication date | 2009 |
| Re-norming date | N/a |
Eligibility
| Note whether shortlisted, and reasons why not if relevant | No recent norms available |